April 17, 2024
Graphoscope viewer CDV CABINET CARD Postcards
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This is a very nice Graphoscope, CDV, Cabinet Card Viewer. The wood is in excellent condition and work great, the lens is very clear, does not have a makers name and does have a small chip in the front but hard to notice . Graphoscope invented around the Civil War Era History: From 1860 to 1890 most American, French and English homes had a round table in the parlor, on which was usually a Bible and several other novelty items. This was called the "Golden Age of Stereo". These novelty items were usually optical toys like graphoscopes. The Graphoscope was made in 1880 by we believe the Rochester Optical Company, which also made a Stereoscopic camera to go with the Graphoscope. Graphoscopes were produced around the same time as many stereoscopes. They were extended to accomodate stereographic views; an example is the Holmes stereo viewer . This device was taller and allowed people to see stereographic views, but it was essentially of the same design as graphoscopes. People could view any small pictures with the graphoscope--works of art, photographs, and postcards. How it works: The graphoscope had many things in common with magnifying glasses. It was usually composed of a single lens that served to magnify whatever small picture was placed on the easel. Later versions, called stereographoscopes, had two or three lenses and allowed
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